AN: Hello everyone, thank you for sticking with me. I apologise for how long it's taken to update anything for Winx recently, have been buried up to my eyeballs with work. It's all been incredibly hectic but I managed to get the first chapter for this fic sorted and thought I'd post it up :) hope you like it.

I'd like to note that you do not have to read the first two stories inside The Winx Chronicles series in order to understand what is happening here but I highly recommend that you do to avoid confusion. A super special thank you goes to everyone who has been eagerly, and patiently, awaiting this third fic!

I do NOT own Winx Club in any way, shape or form, it belongs to Iginio Straffi and I am making no money out of this fan-fiction. All errors are mine. Enjoy.

Chapter 1

Summer Begins

The sun rose beautifully into the sky the next morning as Sky packed his belongings into his bag and zipped it closed. This would be the last time he would ever see Red Fountain as his home, the last time he would be able to stand out on the balcony and look out at Magix, all the memories that he had shared with his friends... good and bad, he was going to miss them all dearly. And most of all, he was going to miss Bloom. The other specialists rounded the corner and entered the room, looking both happy for their friend and sad for his departure.

"Well you guys this is where we say our goodbye's," Timmy explained, adjusting his glasses on the bridge of his nose.

"Look guys it has been great and I wish I could stay but father has been pretty persistent about getting ready to 'take the throne'." The guys laughed when he deepened his voice on the last three words. Brandon stepped forward to give him a pat on the back.

"If you ever need anything from us you just need to ask and we'll be there."

"Yeah classes or no classes," Helia added with a smile. "We have been through too much together to let this be the end, so don't think of it like that."

"Helia's right," Riven added with a smirk, "no matter how much you want us to leave you alone it won't happen." Another eruption of laughter filled the room before they heard someone clear their throat behind them. Standing at the threshold with a smile on his face was Nabu.

"Hey guys," he greeted.

"Nabu, what are you doing here?" Timmy asked, obviously believing that he would have been too busy to come.

"I thought I would say good luck to our future king," Nabu said placing a hand out in front of Sky who shook it firmly.

"Thanks," Sky smiled.

"You will be great."

Sky checked the wall clock. "Well I better go; I'm meeting Bloom before I leave."

"Well then go!" Riven replied, opening the door as the other guys looked at him with anger in their eyes. They would have said something if Sky hadn't wanted to leave on good terms. The blonde haired specialist neared the door and turned to face him. "See you round, Riven." He smiled and Riven held his hand towards him. The two had been rivals for years, each overly competitive toward the other and both struck fear into the hearts of those that watched them fight one another time and time again. But now, right here, Riven was showing something he had never seen from him before. Had he really changed?

Sky gripped his hand firmly and a smile pulled at the edge of Riven's lips. "Good luck bro," he nodded. "But just because you become king doesn't mean you are the best fighter at Red Fountain."

"I will have to practice extra hard for a match one day."

"Damn right you will." Sky walked out the door with his bags in tow as the other specialists followed him to his leva bike. Carefully he attached his bag to the back and tied it down with ropes before boarding. "Well, see you round guys; I want to see you all at my coronation."

"Just get through the training first," Nabu urged and he nodded before pulling his helmet over his head. The engines revved to life and, before they knew it, he was gone. The guys stood there for a moment, until he finally disappeared from sight. Then Nabu decided to be the first to speak. "Well I better get back home too," he closed his eyes to concentrate on a transportation spell when a hand was placed on his arm.

"Hey is everything okay?" Timmy asked. "I only ask because I noticed you have been spending more time than you usually would at home lately, there isn't a problem is there?"

"Everything is fine, Timmy," Nabu reassured before closing his eyes again. "Have a good summer everyone." A bright light eclipsed his form and he vanished.

"I wonder what that was about." Brandon asked.

"Who cares," Riven interrupted. "Now let's get back to packing, I don't know about you but I sure as hell want to go home this summer."

Flora stood on the balcony and looked over the quad at girls who ran with their bags in tow. Each were ready and waiting for their chance to get on a bus to transportus station and back home to their families. Flora knew that the rush in the morning was always a horrible thing and, for some reason, it all felt trivial. Maybe it was because over the last year she and the other girls had been through more than any of them dreamed. Musa had died, her kingdom was destroyed, the magical dimension hung in the balance and they had to save everyone from a terrible fate, luckily she had managed to retrieve her Healix and help them to save the day. Then there was the whole problem with Layla, Anne and Petrine, the mysterious version of Layla that had travelled back in time to warn them of their fate. A tragic fate that she hoped would never come true. And now…well, she wasn't sure what was going to happen. The year had ended, the guys had graduated, and the girls had just one more year until they did the same.

When they were in first year everything seemed so good, life was fun, Alfea was magical and there was nothing that could hurt them under its roof. But then she remembered how innocent they once were, how they used to sit and relax – have fun. But as soon as Bloom needed there help against the witches everything became strange. Then she thought of something, and although she hated it and wished she hadn't, she couldn't help it. What if they never met Bloom and she never entered the Winx Club? Would they ever have to face the Witches? Would they always have to watch their backs? If Bloom never went to earth, never met Stella and wasn't brought to Alfea with the dragon fire that the witches wanted would they ever be as happy as they were before?

Her train of thought was running mile after mile when it was interrupted by a person coming to the balcony next to her. "Ready to go?" Musa asked.

"Sort of are you?" Flora asked in reply.

"Do you want the honest answer or the lie?"

"The honest one," Flora sighed turning as Musa leant her arms on the handrail and looked to their dorm room. "I just want to stay in Alfea all summer, in my room with my music."

"But you can't do that sweetie," Flora soothed, placing a hand on her shoulder, "you are going to become Princess of Melody over this summer break, right?"

"Yeah," Musa sighed. "It's just weird Flora, I mean I have never thought about being a princess, not once, when I was a little kid all I wanted was to stay with my parents and play music with them - that was it. I didn't want to become rich or famous for a title, I wanted to share my love for music with others, to be famous for just being me and for my music."

"Well your kingdom does need a princess but who says that they can't have an artist too?" Musa slightly laughed. "You know you are really good at giving advice, Flora."

"When it comes to daily stuff maybe I am," she sighed in reply, "but with relationships I'm hopeless."

"But now you have Helia, and it feels good right?" Musa smiled. "It took Riven and I a lot longer than that."

"Yeah," Flora agreed. "You know we are really lucky in a way. I mean Helia is so kind and generous and..."

"Blah, Blah, Blah," Stella mocked from the door. "Do you want to go home or not?" She smiled before walking back into the dorm with the others following. "I never thought I would hear you talking about relationships Musa," Stella said placing the final piece of clothing in her bag on her bed. Flora laughed when she looked at the size of it.

"Stella, shouldn't you try to at least fold your clothes so they will fit!"

"They will fit," Stella said closing the lid. "Musa, will you sit on this for me?"

"Are you serious? What about using a spell?"

"It never works!" Stella yelled, struggling to fight against her case that now started moving like it was possessed by an invisible creature. "Please, Musa, just help me." Musa groaned, rolled her eyes and walked over to the bed and held down the lid before sitting on it as Stella tried to get the locks together.

"But spells are supposed to work for everything," Flora smiled.

"Well not for this. I tried to make a spell that would make my suitcase bigger on the inside but not the outside and it totally backfired! My suitcase turned into a huge pit and I had to keep my case open and upside down for three days to get my clothes to return from the bottom!" They all laughed

"What did you wear until then?" Musa asked between fits of giggles.

"You don't want to know!" Stella cried. "It is still not working," she groaned

"Here let me try," Flora sat on the case next to Musa as Stella tried to get the locks together again.

"Hey Stella I think you left this in the..." Tecna began as she walked into hear the sound of Stella's suitcase clipping together and three girls sighed. "Finally," Stella sighed, wiping her brow.

Tecna looked as the girls all froze. "Uh… did I interrupt anything?"

"No Tec?" Musa laughed, "Just Stella having a suit case meltdown."

"Well as I was saying," Tecna paused. "Uhh... Stella you left this in the bathroom." The girls all looked as the top that dangled from Tecna's finger before sighing with disbelief. Tecna realized what the problem was and couldn't help but smile.

"Oh you have to be kidding!" Stella groaned when Bloom appeared in the door.

"Does anyone have the time?"

"Uh," Tecna looked to her computer. "It's about 10:30am now."

"Damn it!" Bloom scolded before bolting out the door. "See you girls later!"

"What was that about?" Layla asked, appearing in the doorway. "She nearly killed us on our way in here."

"She is seeing Sky before he goes to Erakleon," Stella replied.

"Oh that would explain it," Galatea smiled. "So are we all going home today?"

"Sure are," Stella said, taking her top from Tecna. "I can't wait to get home and relax by the pool and enjoy the sunlight."

"We have a sun here, Stella." Layla pointed out making Musa laugh.

"Actually we have two."

"Musa, we all know about your sleeping habits… but seriously I can't wait to see my dad!" She danced from side to side, arms twirling above her head. "It will be so nice to spend some quality time together and tell him about what has been happening at Alfea." Just then Anne appeared in the doorway and Musa's smile became straight line.

"Excuse me," she said, pushing past Layla and Galatea, headed for her room.

"Uh," Anne started, confusion written in her features. "Have I done something wrong?"

"'It's okay, I'll go talk to her." Flora smiled before leaving. Layla placed her hands on her friend's shoulders. "No, you didn't do anything wrong, It just takes Musa a while to warm up to people, that's all."

"Layla's right, it will be okay," Stella smiled. "Besides that is the last thing you need to worry about right now! It's summertime so let's have some fun over the summer, okay? No more talk about the end of the magical dimension. Summer is about fun, family and counting down the days left until school starts again!"

"Yeah, you're right," Galatea laughed a little, she couldn't have put it better herself. "And besides that we better get going soon. It will be midnight in Rhythm soon."

"True," Tecna said typing into her computer for a moment. "But maybe we should wait for Bloom to finish before we leave - to say bye for the next month?"

"We should," Layla agreed.

"Maybe I should go," Anne said looking to her shoes. "I mean if Musa is still angry because of what I did under Petrine's control then I should leave before there is any more tension."

"Just relax!" Layla sighed exasperatedly. "Musa just gets into a bad mood sometimes and it's not because of you…well not only you. What she went through last semester - it was really tough on her."

"More than you know," Tecna added. "She says that she is worried about this princess thing but I think she is having nightmares about having the virus again."

"How do you know it's that?" Galatea asked. She knew Musa just as well as the others in the room, probably better because of their long history together, and it was always difficult to be certain of the music fairies mood when she was so good at bottling up her emotions until they consumed her. Tecna's theory seemed credible and the evidence she provided in reply substantiated its claim.

"She's constantly tossing and turning, when she wakes up she placed her hand to her head and feels the cold sweat so she panics and checks that she can still see through her eyes."

"The final phase of the disease," Layla sighed, unwanted memories flooding back before she shook her head to will them away. "But don't worry about it okay, Anne."

"I'll try not to," she smiled before deciding to change the topic. "Kylar will be here soon so we can go home together, I'll go and meet him and tell him that I will be staying for a little longer." Anne was about to leave when she looked to Galatea with a sly grin on her face. "Would you like to come with me… to explain?"

"I'm sure you will be perfectly fine...wooh!" Galatea's arm pulled her sideways and the two girls exited the room in a blur. "Galatea and Kylar sitting in a tree-"

"Stella!"

Bloom and Sky sat on a bench in the quad, enjoying the peaceful tranquillity that had been restored to their lives once more. "Bloom, I hope you understand," he began softly.

"I do," she replied. "I know that you will be busy but please remember that you still have me here to support you, okay"

"I will," Sky smiled. "So what are you doing over the summer?" Bloom looked into his dazzling blue eyes. Honestly she didn't know what she would be doing, chilling out at home, she supposed. "I am just going home... relaxing for a while until Musa sends out the date for her coronation over the summer. Until then I guess I won't be doing very much." She sighed and then looked to her engagement ring, the suns reflection giving it a beautiful shiny reflection. "Sky, will you be coming to Musa's coronation with me?"

"I will try to," he answered uncertainly when Blooms puppy dog eyes appeared next to his face. "Oh Bloom…I love you so much and being away from you for so long will be like torture for me…it will be hard to get away-" her eyes didn't falter, they continued their silent assault on his conscience. "How about this," he smiled; placing his fingertips under her chin and guiding her lips close to his own. "I promise that I will be at Musa's coronation."

"Promise?" Bloom teased

"Promise." Their lips connected in a sign of their eternal love for one another before they saw an airship flying in the air above. They parted to see the door open and a female guard appear. "Come on Prince Sky it's time to go!" she yelled from the opening. Sky walked to his leva bike and carefully attached the various hooks to its body kit so it could be lifted on board before he turned to Bloom again and hugged her tightly in his arms. "I love you Bloom, always remember that."

"YOU ARE GOING TO BE LATE!"

"JUST GIVE ME A MINUTE!" Sky barked as he looked back to his girlfriend's eyes. "I'm sorry about all of this."

"It's okay," Bloom replied stroking his face with her fingertips, wishing he didn't have to go. "I will see you at Musa's coronation but I expect to hear from you sooner than that! Okay?"

"Okay."

"PRINCE..."

"SHUT UP I'M COMING!" He yelled again before leva board and stepped on it. "I love you Bloom," he reiterated before the two of them parted ways.

"You didn't have to be so impatient," he snarled before walking past the guards and onto the ship. "And you should know never to leave your father waiting."

Bloom watched helplessly from below, using her right arm to cover her face from the brilliant summer sunshine before the ship lifted into the air making her red hair fly around her skull and the trees shake off their weakest leaves. Before she knew it, he was gone. "I love you."

Musa folded another shirt before starting to shuffled through her CD's, carefully packing each of them away so they wouldn't be scratched or damaged. Tecna had told her that digital downloads would save her a hell of a lot of packing space and time but she dismissed the idea. The CD versions were always louder, more refined and beautiful than their digitally downloaded relatives.

"Musa," Flora knocked, stepping inside.

"I know what you're going to say Flora so save the time."

"Musa, you have to stop leaving the room every time that Anne enters. I know that what she did was bad but that is no reason to break the friendship"

"No offense Flora," Musa said loudly, placing her flute in its case and closing the lid. "But we hardly know enough about this girl for her to be part of the Winx Club. She is not my friend."

"But she is Layla's," Flora sighed as she stepped forwards. "How would you like it if we didn't like Galatea?"

"That is different," Musa replied. "Galatea would never hurt me the same way that Anne did to Layla…And I'm not exactly a fan of someone who nearly killed one of my best friends," she paused. "If Galatea hadn't earned her Enchantix while trying to save me, well, I don't know what I'd do." Flora seemed to understand. "But I am not exactly a fan of anyone who could put my friends in danger."

"But it's not just about her, is it?" Musa was quiet; she turned on her heel and busied herself by sorting sheet music. "Musa-"

"Can we not bring that up again," Musa replied over her shoulder, her hands stopping their work. "I will never be able to forget what happened to me, I can still remember that feeling of inhaling my last breath, knowing that that was it, once it was released I was going to die. I can never forget the pain and suffering that I put you through and I don't want anyone to do that again to you."

"But you shouldn't be angry at Anne," Flora said picking up some sheet music and placing it on her bed. "You are only mad at what she did, which was bad but if Petrine hadn't come to try and save her future world than none of this would have happened," she paused, hoping that her next request would be granted. "Musa please talk to her, we need to cheer everyone up before we leave here today."

"Why" Musa asked.

"We all want to have a good summer, and our final year of school is going to be great, we just have to think positively about what is happening and not worry about the past."

"Yeah I guess," Musa replied zipping up her suitcase. "I will talk to her okay."

"Good." Flora smiled and walked out of the room to see Bloom arrive back. "Bloom, how was Sky?"

"He was fine," she replied sadly. "I guess I'm just a little worried about how often we'll see each other now."

"Well if he loves you, like that ring is supposed to mean, he will call you over the summer. You just need to relax," Flora smiled.

"Alright, well I think it's about time for us to leave."

"Yeah, everyone was waiting for you to arrive so we could all go home together," Tecna began as her head popped out of Stella's room.

"Okay," Bloom smiled as everyone gathered together. Galatea and Anne arrived in the main dorm with their bags and Musa felt Flora's elbow nudge her in the air fairies direction. "Anne, I'm sorry…I shouldn't have been treating you like you were some sort of disease."

"It's okay Musa," Anne replied. "I know that it will be hard for me to earn your trust after what happened. I should be the one apologising."

"Look I was bad tempered."

"Yeah but look at what I did while under Petrine's control."

"Yeah but that was your fault-"

"Girls!" Stella shrieked, tapping her foot impatiently. "Just hug and make friends already so we can get home for some fun in the sun!" Everyone laughed as the two did. "Good, now, does everyone have everything they need?" Stella asked as Galatea and Anne stepped away from the others in order to not be accidentally transported with them. All of them nodded.

"TRANSPORTUS" She yelled "BACK HOMUS!"

AN: I cannot tell you when the next chapter will be up, I'd like to say soon but I can't guarantee anything. Thanks for reading and please let me know what you think and whether I should continue :)